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Jazz Musicians born on December 25

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Aakash Mittal

saxophone, alto
born 1984

Andrea Goretti

piano
born 1990

Andreas Grosskopf

saxophone, tenor
born 1972

Arthur Adams

guitar, electric
born 1940

Ben Dixon

drums
born 1934

Bob James

piano
born 1939

Brad Myers

guitar
born 1975

Cab Calloway

composer / conductor
born 1907

Chris Kenner

vocals
born 1929

Christian Vuust

saxophone, tenor
born 1964

Christopher Turner

vocals
born 1984

Dmitri Matheny

flugelhorn
born 1965

Don Alias

percussion
born 1939

Don Pullen

piano
born 1941

Eddie Safranski

bass
born 1918

El Dave

accordion
born 1850

Ernie Andrews

vocals
born 1927

Firefly Soul

producer
born 1963

Floris Vermeulen

bass, electric
born 1969

Francesco Forges

vocals
born 1961

Francois Marechal

saxophone
born 1952

Grosskopf

saxophone, tenor
born 1972

Joby

author
born 1970

Joe Louis Walker

guitar, electric
born 1949

Joy Voeth

vocals

Kadi Vija

vocals
born 1985

Kid Ory

trombone
born 1886

Liberte-Anne Lymberiou

composer / conductor
born 1991

Lucas

vocals

Marcin Olak

guitar
born 1970

Massimo Ciolli

guitar
born 1958

Nachum Pereferkovich

piano
born 1945

Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos

band / ensemble / orchestra
born 1999

Oscar Moore

guitar
born 1912

Pete Rugolo

composer / conductor
born 1915

Ronnie Cuber

saxophone
born 1941

Russ Guarino

clarinet
born 1935

Sandy Prager

guitar
born 1958

Shawn Glyde

drums
born 1967

SOUL

saxophone, soprano

Steve Frise

guitar, electric

Steven Vance

violin
born 1956

Thomas Walbum

piano
born 1965

Tina E. Clark

keyboards

Wayman Carver

flute
born 1905

William Carter

clarinet
born 1934

Zaccai Curtis

piano
born 1981

Zim Ngqawana

saxophone
born 1959

Chris Ellis

born 1928

Chris Woods

born 1925

Chucho Merchan

born 1953

Dale Barlow

born 1960

Eddie Gibbs

born 1908

Harry Klein

born 1928

Harry Lawson

born 1904

Herbie Spanier

born 1928

Izzy Friedman

born 1903

Jim Robinson

born 1892

Joe Butler

born 1907

Louis Cottrell

born 1878

Merritt Brunies

born 1895

Pat Jenkins

born 1914

Disclaimer: Though we have checked our dates, this listing may contain erroneous information. If you discover errors or omissions, please report it to us. Thank you.

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